Facts about Issey Miyake

Summary

Biography

Issey Miyake is a Japanese fashion designer known for his technically and artistically advanced garments and their perfumes.

Having trained as a graphic designer in Tokyo Miyake worked in New York and Paris, but eventually began to focus on the clothes. 1970 he founded the fashion house in his own name. Miyake began early experiment with different plisserings and compression molding techniques, which he used to create intricately designed garments with a strong avant-garde feel. His style was marked from the beginning of a close relationship with contemporary art, both in clothes and fashion shows. 1992 launched his first perfume, L'Eau d'Issey.

Nowadays, Dai Fujiwara has taken over as the leader of the fashion house, but Miyake himself engaged in other projects in fashion and design.

Zodiac etc.

He is born under the zodiac taurus, who is known for Security, Subtle strength, Appreciation, Instruction, Patience.
Our collection contains 18 quotes who is written / told by Issey, under the main topics: Computers, Design.

Famous quotes by Issey Miyake (18)

"Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive. But this is a new step to use anything - hats, socks, shirts. It's the first step in the process"

"From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the clothes to move when people moved. The clothes are also for people to dance or laugh"

"To be honest, I think we should find first the possibility to make it. Research is first - if you're not interested, you never can find something. Many things happen from forgotten machines - ones that are no longer used"

"One of my assistants found this old German machine. It was originally used to make underwear. Like Chanel, who started with underwear fabric - jerseys - we used the machine that made underwear to make something else"

"You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them - twist, twist, twist the pleats, sometimes three or four persons twist together and put it all in the machine to cook it"